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Japanese symbol for “grading”

Romaji: saiten
marking; grading; scoring

In Japanese, grading is , read (saiten).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt marking; grading; scoring

Kanji and stroke order

pick, take, fetch
on: サイ
kun: と.る
11 strokes · JLPT 2
spot, point, mark
on: テン
kun: つ.ける、つ.く、た.てる、さ.す
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “grading”

WordReadingMeaning
かくづけ kakuzukerating; ranking; grading
レーティング reetingurating; classification; grading
きゅうべつ kyuubetsugrading; classification
グレーディング gureedingugrading; rating
ぶんりゅう bunryuusizing; grading

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいよう saiyouuse; adoption; acceptance
さいしゅ saishupicking; collecting; harvesting
さいけつ saiketsuvote; ballot; division
さいさん saisanprofit
さいしゅう saishuucollecting; gathering
してん shitenpoint of view; viewpoint; angle
ちてん chitenspot; point; place
じてん jitenpoint in time; occasion

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.